sides, and, if necessary, speed shall be slackened, the vessel Local rules going against the tide in all cases giving way to the one going (Tyne). with the tide; and when steam vessels are approaching each other so as to involve risk of collision, their helms shall be put to port, and, if necessary, their engines shall be stopped or reversed. 24. When any steam vessel (except a steam vessel when towing sailing vessels) is approaching any sailing vessel or steam tug with sailing vessels in tow proceeding in the opposite direction, the speed of such steam vessel shall, if necessary, be slackened when it is within thirty yards of and until it shall have passed the sailing vessel or steam tug and towed vessels. 25. Sea-going steam vessels shall not be navigated in the port above the Low Lighthouse at a greater speed over the ground than six knots or seven statute miles per hour, whether going with or against the tide. 26. (Vessels not to cause risk of collision.) 27. (Steamship unable to keep out of the way of sailing ship to sound four blasts of two seconds' duration; then sailing ship to keep out of way.) 28. Every sailing or steam vessel overtaking any other vessel shall be kept out of the way of the overtaken vessel, which shall be kept on her course, and no obstruction shall be wilfully caused by the overtaken vessel to the passage of the overtaking vessel; and any vessel having passed another shall not cross the bows of the passed vessel until at such a distance as will not necessitate the stopping or easing of the passed vessel to avoid collision. 30. (Scope of tow-line, except to eastward of Low Lighthouse, North Shields, not to exceed twenty fathoms.) 31. (Not more than one vessel exceeding 200 tons to be towed by same tug.) 32. (Length of train of vessels in tow not to exceed 450 feet from stern of tug; vessels not to be towed abreast; rafts not to exceed 250 feet by 40 feet.) 33. (Not more than six keels, wherries, or boats to be towed at once.) 34. (Two tugs towing same vessel not to be more than 100 feet apart, or, if towing abreast, more than forty feet.) 35. (Vessels not to drift; off dock entrances vessels waiting admission to keep out of fairway.) 37. (Vessels to have anchor ready to let go.) 39. Every vessel under way when overtaken by a fog shall be navigated at a very moderate speed, and shall, as soon as practicable, be moored or anchored out of the navigable channel. Vessels shall not, without the permission of the harbour-master, be got under way during a fog. M. SS Local rules (Tyne). 40. (Engines to go dead slow 100 yards before reaching, and fifty yards after passing, diving and other craft of the Commissioners.) 41. (And within 100 yards of wreck-removing craft.) 42. (A red flag or red light to be shown on dredgers on side where chains are taut. Vessels to pass on other side.) 43. (Also where no passage between dredger and shore.) 44. (Vessels not to moor at Commissioners' white buoys.) 48. (Engines not to move within fifty yards of boat coming alongside.) WATERFORD. Waterford. See London Gazette for 1886, Vol. II., p. 5447, for Bye-laws of 10th November, 1886. A notice dated 16th November, 1886, issued by the Commissioners, states that there are no local rules regulating the passing or overtaking of one vessel by another in the port and harbour of Waterford. The bye-laws apply to the River Suir from Granagh Castle to the Hook Lighthouse, including all the space between the junction of the Ross River with the River Suir and the Hook Lighthouse, and from Bilberry Rock to Swing Head, in the County of Waterford, including St. Katherine's, commonly called St. John's Pill. They are substantially identical with the bye-laws in force in the River Suir above Granagh Castle. The substance of the last-mentioned bye-laws is set out above (e). (e) Supra, p. 605. in rem, 86. in personam, cannot be tacked to action in rem, 343. against pilot, 74, 342. successive actions by sufferers in collision, 117. against owners resident abroad, 234. stay of, where action pending elsewhere, 246. where both ships are foreign, 232. in rem, where judgment in personam unsatisfied, 343. in rem, where damage but no collision, 94. in rem, does not lie under Lord Campbell's Act, 136, 157. for limitation of liability, 346. consecutive collisions, 190. separate actions for damage to property and person, 342. ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION, limits of, 232, 351. damage to property ashore, 351. for loss of life, 136. wrong-doer can be sued personally, 74, 80, 316. damage to cargo, 308, 314. no damage lien in such case, 314. where there is damage but no collision, 94. as between tug and tow, 230. where both ships foreign, 232. of High Court, 351. of County Courts, 352. ADRIFT, damage by craft sent, 16. ALTERATION OF COURSE, in fog, 381, 441, 502. for greater safety, 382. "alter her course to starboard," (or port,) explained, 459. AMERICA, LAW of, cargo-owners' remedy where both ships in fault, 155, 312. inscrutable fault, liability in case of, 172. limitation of liability, 197. liability in case of compulsory pilotage, 279, 385. as to division of loss, 131, 146, 155, 157, 172, 214, 225. ANCHOR, damage by an unbuoyed, 108. damage by anchor a-cock-bill, 17, 22, 130. ship dredging with her anchor, 396, 444, 461. letting go, to avoid collision, 5, 11, 14. slipping, to avoid collision, 32, 553. slipped anchor, damages, 135. letting go, when compulsory pilot in charge, 267, 269. coming to an anchor, duty of ship, 547. anchor watch, 497, 540. riding to a single anchor with other craft to leeward, 546. ANCHOR, SHIP AT, meaning of term, 388, 396, 424. burden of proof where one ship is, 35. with ship fast to moorings, 16, 545. giving a foul berth to, 545. duty to keep clear of, 42, 544 seq. in an improper place, 38, 42, 545, 550, 552. in the track of ferry boat, 446. on fishing grounds, 548. fishing boats fast to their nets, 558. insufficient moorings, 11, 112, 265, 549. insufficient ground tackle, 265, 549. precautions to be observed in coming to an anchor, 548. ANCHOR, SHIP AT—continued. making fast to another ship, 552, 555. duty of, to make snug, 548. sheering about, 425, 549. parting of cable or moorings, 11, 112. both ships dragging, 27. fog signal for, 429. slipping, to avoid collision, 32, 553. sheering, or giving chain, to avoid collision, 38, 549. riding lights, Art. 11..423. for fishermen and small craft, 411. Art. 4 does not apply to, 403. APPEAL, costs of, 360, 361. from registrar, costs of, 360. upon question of seamanship, 339. APPROACHING OTHER CRAFT, 377, 384, 562. AQUILIAN LAW, shipowners' liability by, 76. ARREST. See Proceedings in rem. of cargo to compel payment of freight, 89. of foreign ship that has injured British property, 234. of wrong ship, 345, 355. of ship, to compel owners to appear, 178, 234. of ship of foreign sovereign, 243. of ship other than the wrong-doer, 88. of mail ships, 245. its connection with limitation of liability, 179. ASHORE, collision with ship ashore, 5, 30, 106. tug working at ship ashore, 561. ship putting herself ashore, to avoid collision, 32. taking the ground alongside ship, 547. ship ashore doing damage as she comes off, 30, 564. |